Security

Securing Your Firm's Data By Addressing The Human Element Is More Important Than The Security Technology

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Malicious hackers are finding easier ways to penetrate organizations, like social engineering or preying upon employees with poor password discipline. Employees commonly simply don't know how to write strong passwords, how to comply with data protection policies or share data securely.

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Cloud Security Doubts Are Growing And, In A Way, That's A Good Thing

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Last week, the story was Dropbox getting hacked. Today, two more security stories: The break-in of a tech reporter’s Apple iCloud account and then Apple co-founder was quoted saying the cloud was going to cause “horrible problems.”

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Dropbox Finally Admits It Was Hacked, Blames Careless Users; Change Your Dropbox Password

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Bill Snyder, who blogs at CIO, says Dropbox, a popular consumer app for file sharing that some advisors are using to share documents with clients, dragged its feet in admitting it was hacked and that the episode presents a teachable moment.

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DNSChanger Malware Reportedly Set To Knock Thousands Off Internet On Monday

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Thousands of PCs worldwide may be unable to access the Internet beginning July 9 unless those machines are rid of the pernicious DNSChanger malware that first surfaced in 2007. The Federal Bureau of Investigation helped shut down the criminal ring responsible for DNSChanger in late 2011. The federal agency then briefly handled the Internet Domain Name System routing for all infected Mac and Windows systems.

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If Anything Can Be Hacked, How Do You Protect Client Data? Here’s An Ingenious Technique For Making Strong Passwords More Memorable And Less Hackable

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  Computer programming professionals say anything can be hacked. It’s scary, but true. The best you can do is to make it difficult for hackers, so that they won’t bother you, or so that it will take so long to hack your system that you will detect an intrusion.   A One-Two Punch While intrusion detection is a key part of online security, getting into the habit of creating strong passwords is more important to advisors in protecting clients’ personally identifiable information.   Advisors don’t directly purchase intrusion protection solutions because